Referencing a Sporting News article that highlighted a 15 percent ratings drop on Sunday NFL Countdown, the show Ponder is in her first year hosting, Portnoy called Ponder a "cancer" infecting all of ESPN.

"Sam Ponder is seemingly single handedly destroying ESPN from the inside out. Everything she touches turns to mud. When she’s not intentionally sabotaging other people’s shows she’s unintentionally sabotaging her own show. She’s like a cancer just spreading and infecting the entire network. And I’m not saying that to be mean or because I hold a grudge. I mean I do hold a grudge, but these are just facts."

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